Walter Lee wants to invest his father's insurance money in a liquor store. Lena Younger, better known as Mama, is the matriarch of the family. Mama, who is the mother of Walter Lee and Beneatha, is religious and maternal. She wants to use her husband's insurance money as a down payment on a house with a backyard for her family, a dream she had shared with her husband. Beneatha Younger, her daughter and Walter Lee's sister, is an intellectual. She's about twenty years old; she attends college and is better educated than the rest of the family. Her dream of being a doctor and struggles to determine her identity as a well educated black woman. Travis Younger is the ten-year old son of Walter Lee and Ruth. Joseph Asagai is the boyfriend of Beneatha. She hopes to learn about her African heritage from him. He eventually proposes marriage to Beneatha. George Murchison is the wealthy, African-American suitor of Beneatha. The Youngers approve of him, but Beneatha dislikes his willingness to submit to white culture and forget his African heritage. Mr. Karl Lindner is the only white man in the play. He arrives at the Youngers' apartment from the Clybourne Park Improvement Association. He offers the Youngers a deal to reconsider moving into his (white) neighborhood. Bobo is one of Walter Lee's partners in the liquor store. He comes to tell Walter Lee that Willy Harris has run off with their money. Willy Harris is also a partner .
in the liquor store. Mrs. Johnson is one of the Younger's neighbors. She leeches off their hospitality and warns them about moving into a white neighborhood. A Raisin in the Sun portrays a few weeks in the life of the Younger family, an African-American clan living on the Southside of Chicago in the 1950s. They are about to receive an insurance check for 10,000 dollars. This money came from the life insurance from their father's death. As it progresses, these dreams battle each other.
